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Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

Degree Requirements

General Education Program 34 hours

Sociology Core Courses 18 hours

Upper Division Sociology Courses 24 hours

Social Science Upper Division Cognate Courses 9 hours

University Electives 39 hours

Total hours 124 hours

Special Notes

Students must earn a C or higher grade in every course in the sociology major.
Sociology courses taken on a pass/no pass basis will not count toward the major.
Transfer students who have taken a major in sociology at another institution must take at least 24 hours of upper-division sociology courses at Shawnee State University in order to declare a major.
Sociology major must take MATH 1500 to satisfy the General Education mathematics requirement and must take SOSC 1110 to satisfy the General Education social science requirement.
Students who have graduated from Shawnee State University in a major other than sociology and return to complete the major must meet all degree requirements. Students who have met minimum degree requirements must completer at least 24 hours of upper-division sociology at SSU in order to receive an additional degree.

Sociology Core Courses (18 hours)

(Required Courses)

SOCI 1101 Introduction to Sociology (3)

SOCI 2205 Current Social Problems (3)

SOCI 2206 Social Institutions (3)

SOCI 3330 Social Theory (3)

SOCI 3380 Sociological Methods (3)

SOCI 4410 Social Stratification (3)

Upper Division Sociology Courses (24 hours)

Students, with the help of sociology advisors, must select a minimum of 24 hours from any sociology/anthropology upper level (3000-4000) courses.

Social Science Upper Division Cognate Courses (9)

(choose any five courses from the following)

ECON 3320 History of Economic Thought (3)

ECON 3350 Labor Economics (3)

ECON 4405 Economic Development (3)

ECON 4411 Comparative Economic Systems (3)

GEOG 3350 Regional Geography: Geography of North America (3)

GEOG 3351 Regional Geography of the Middle East (3)

GOVT 3310 United States Foreign Policy (3)

GOVT 3320 Third World Politics (3)

GOVT 3330 Mass Media Politics (3)

GOVT 3340 European Politics (3)

GOVT 3350 National Policy Issues (3)

GOVT 3360 Women and Politics (3)

GOVT 3370 Global Politics (3)

GOVT 4401 State of the World (3)

GOVT 4420 International Political Economy (3)

HIST 3305 US in Depression and War 1920-1945 (3)

HIST 3110 Nazi Germany and Fascist Europe (3)

HIST 3130 History of Russia (3)

HIST 3400 History of South Africa (3)

HIST 3410 East Asian History (3)

HIST 3460: Islamic Religion, Culture, and Civilization (3)

HST 4101 History of Medicine (3)

HST 4420 Middle East in Modern Times (3)

SOSC 1110 Foundations of Social Science (3)

SOSC 3370 Alternative Religions and Cults (3)

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